Pathobiological and Immunohistochemical Findings in Broiler Chickens
Naturally Infected with Salmonella Enterica Serotype Gallinarum
Biotype
Gallinarum
Gulbeena Saleem1*,
Umar Farooq1, Muhammad Tariq javed2, Rahat
Naseer3, Hassaan Bin Aslam4, Ghulam Mustafa1,
M Ovais Omar5 and Iram Liaqat6
1Department
of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore,
Pakistan; 2Department of Pathology, University of
Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; 3Institute of
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal
Science, Lahore, Pakistan; 4Institute of Microbiology,
University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Lahore, Pakistan;
5Department of Pharmacology and University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; 6Department of
Zoology, GC University Lahore, Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
gulbeena.saleem@uvas.edu.pk
Abstract
The present study evaluated the effect of
Salmonella enterica serotype
Gallinarum biotype
Gallinarum (Salmonella
gallinarum) on broiler chickens. A total of one hundred and fifty broiler
chickens (25 of each flock) were selected from six outbreaks of Salmonellosis
from commercial poultry farms showing typical signs of the disease. The
biological, serological and microbiological investigations on various samples
from the liver, spleen, lungs, intestine, kidney, caeca and heart were carried
out. Investigations showed that overall, 12% of the samples were found positive
for Salmonella gallinarum. The
liver had the highest count (P<0.001), followed by spleen, lungs, intestine and
caeca and least in heart and kidney. Histopathological findings showed
sinusoidal congestion, hepatic cord necrosis, intestinal degeneration, nephritis
and tubular necrosis in kidneys. All the organs showed localization of bacteria
except in the heart. It may be concluded that the liver was affected
significantly by Salmonella gallinarum as it harbored the highest number
of Salmonella gallinarum. It is
further concluded that immunohistochemistry may be a precise, sensible, and
prudent tool to locate Salmonella
gallinarum in different body organs.
To Cite This Article:
Saleem G, Farooq U,
Javed MT, Naseer R, Aslam HB, Mustafa G, Omar MO and Liaqat I, 2022.
Pathobiological and immunohistochemical findings in broiler chickens naturally
infected with Salmonella enterica serotype
Gallinarum biotype Gallinarum. Pak Vet J, 42(1): 88-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2021.083